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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






2. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






3. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






4. Feeling through fingertips






5. Final stable syllable

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6. Whole body learning






7. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






8. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






9. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






10. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






11. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






12. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






13. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






14. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






15. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






16. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






17. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






18. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






19. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






20. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






21. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






22. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






23. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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24. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






25. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






26. Academic Language Therapy Association






27. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






28. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






29. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






30. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






31. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






32. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






33. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






34. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






35. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






36. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






37. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






38. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






39. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






40. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






41. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






42. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






43. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






44. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






45. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






46. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






47. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






48. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






49. Individual Educational Plan






50. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.